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The Pioneer is a good movie machine as long as you like them loud and in your face. The Yamaah is superb with movies and good with music in pure direct mode. In the end you should try to demo them both and ten get the one that sounds the best to you.

You will be happy with either machine so it all comes down to your personal choise(i think the pioneer is seriously ugly) and your pocket

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I've just checked my manual and for Toshiba players it gives code 1010, which I assume will work with most/all newish dvd players.

I've had the 814 for about a month now. First impressions are that it has some great features, the auto set up is great, and I have hardly had to change this since set up, 6 ch stereo is good, the ability to power a passive sub via the 6th rear channel is great. The overall sound is good, movies and surround sound are very spatial. However, the clarity of the sound is not as I would have hoped though, not sure how to describe this critisism.

I upgraded from a Yamaha 592, which didn't have a digital decoder, so I used my Pioneer 565 amp (previously Yamaha 795). I was hoping for a bigger improvement than I actually got, but for £199 I can't complain (PRCDirect.com).

I would definitly try to audition though to see which is preferred, I would consider the Denon 1905 also, which supposedly has a clearer sound. However, as I haven't heard it I don't know.

But for loud action movies in surround and some great features , the 814 is a good buy.

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I've had the 814 for about a month now. First impressions are that it has some great features, the auto set up is great, and I have hardly had to change this since set up, 6 ch stereo is good, the ability to power a passive sub via the 6th rear channel is great. The overall sound is good, movies and surround sound are very spatial. However, the clarity of the sound is not as I would have hoped though, not sure how to describe this critisism.

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lee789,

If you don't mind me asking, what speakers are you using with the D814?